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Asthetiker Wangl Tangl - 05/06 Season Final 4(four) Star Event

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

Finland’s Ville Uotila Breaks Into TTR World Top 16

27.03.2006

Ästhetiker Wangl Tangl - 05/06 Season Final 4(four) Star Event

MAYERHOFEN, TIROL AUSTRIA –This seasons last TTR 4(four) Star event the Ästhetiker Wängle Tangl held over the weekend in Mayerhofen, Austria was won by Finland’s Ville Uotila who edged out an explosive performance by Austrian local Stefan Gimpl and Finland’s Tomi Savela who took third.  

In what has been a long and challenging season for all competitors, judging the finely tuned riding of such elites did not become any easier. Less than 4 points separated the top four riders including two tied for first place and one point separating third. Only after scrutinizing video replays of all finalists was a unanimous decision made by the jury panel awarding Uotila’s non-stop technical wizardry the ’06 title at the Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl Champions title and earning him 700 TTR points. The result moved him into 15th on the TTR World Snowboard Tour rankings.  Even with video analysis no separation could be made between between the power perfection of Stefan Gimpl and subliminal style of Tomi Savela, resulting in a tied second place. Jaakko Ruha of Finland finished fourth.

The event, a staple stop for key players on the tour witnessed notable end of season performances from the likes of Steve Gruber(AUT), Friedl Kolar(AUT) Jaakko Ruha(FIN), Heppu Pentti(FIN), and Aleski Vanninen(FIN), Quentin Robbins(NZL) and Anthony ‘Tonton’ Holland(SUI) with early TTR World Tour leader Chris Kroell’s finishing 4th equal (together with Wolle Nyvelt(AUT)) Kroell’s result moved him back into the TTR World Top 16 Rankings.

An additional event highlight was a unique ‘Crädle’ feature. Developed by pro riders/course designers Wolle Nyvelt and Roli Schwaninger the ‘Cradle’s roofed “half-egg” design allowed the competitors no less than eight additional riding options. Accessible as a frontside or backside hip or as a frontside or backside pipe wall or circle/inverted path in either direction it introduced an innovative feature never been seen before in competition.  The event winner Ville Uotila, who had spun all four 900’s on the upper course pulled frontside 540’s and frontside 700’s in the Cradle with local Tommy ‘Beckna’ Eberharter(AUT) winning the ‘Best Cradle Trick’ Award with an air-to-disaster re-entry.

TTR 4(four) Star - Ästhetiker Wängle Tängle - Top six results
Rank    Name                 Nat    Sponsors                              TTR event pts   
1.    Uotila, Ville            FIN    Head, Bolle                          700.00 pts
2.    Gimpl, Stefan         AUT   F2, O’Neill                            659.61 pts
2.    Savela, Tomi          FIN    Icon, Electric, 32, Nivit           659.61 pts
4.    Ruha, Jakko           FIN     Nitro                                  607.64 pts
5.    Kroell, Chris           AUT    Voelkl, SP, Adidas                589.68 pts
5.    Nyvelt, Wolfgang    AUT    Salomon, Billabong, Dragon   589.68 pts


Special Ästhetiker Wängle Tängle Awards:

Best Trick:             Aleski Vanninen (f/s 1080)
Best Cradle:          Tommy ‘Beckna’ Eberharter (Cradle air to disaster re-entry)
Best Gap Transfer: Reini Reiser (Switch b/s 7)
Best Style:            Tomi Savela
Best Hip:               Chris Kroell (b/s 180 transfer)
Best Park:             Stefan Plattner, Bergbahnen (Burton Park Mayrhofen)

All event results and images at:     www.aesthetiker.com


TTR World Rankings

Men’s TTR World Snowboard Tour Ranking as of: 19th March 2006

Name    Nationality       Sponsor    **Points          TTRWorld   Ranking   

1. Crepel, Mathieu     FRA        Rossignol, Quiksilver    858.91        1st
2. Mattila, Risto         FIN          Flow, Billabong            853.31        2nd
3. Autti, Antti            FIN          Flow, Billabong            790.69        3rd
4. Mueller, Nicolas     SUI         Burton                        776.57        4th
5. Finch, Andy           USA       Palmer, Rip Curl          761.60         5th
6. White, Shaun        USA       Burton                        712.50         6th
7. Korpi, Janne          FIN         K2                              709.88        7th
8. Horgmo, Torstein  NOR        Rome                          708.83        8th
9. Koski, Markku       FIN          Quiksilver                     700.59       9th
10. Simmen, Gian    SUI          Oneill, Santa Cruz         700.51       10th   
           
**Tour Points reflect summary of riders 4 (four) best TTR event results divided by 4.
Riders 4 best season results will count towards end of season TTR Tour Championships Title and TTR World Ranking.


All Men’s and Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour results at:   www.ttrworldtour.com

Links: www.aesthetiker.com